Word: vicious
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...whatever you want.” The shifts in pitch are, beyond funny, downright elegant.Rich’s tone could be called Undergraduate Glibly Dark (UGD), a type of humor in which laughs are punctuated not so much by smiles as vicious slams of your fist in the Adams House dining hall. It will be familiar to that segment of Harvard’s population—Lampoon types, Advocate types, VES concentrators—or “mostly messy-haired people,” as Rich’s former blockmate Nick McDonell...
...disputes are often personal and heartfelt. "Both sides see themselves as being locked in a fight against evil," Jehan Perera, executive director of the National Peace Council of Sri Lanka, wrote in a recent appraisal of his country's war. This fight is part ethnic, part religious and wholly vicious. "It is the belief in the unchanging nature of the other that often leads to violence. Both think the other won't change...
...important to the overall mood of the play as the set on which the actors perform. The choice of venue exemplifies director David R. Gammons’ stripped-down aesthetic, a simplicity that works with the brutal scenes of the Bard’s script and the vicious passion of the all-male cast to create an image sure to leave a lasting impression...
...well, and EADS's helicopter and other military divisions reported strong sales and earnings this year. Ulrich Horstmann, an aviation analyst at Bayerische Landesbank, reckons there's an 80% chance that Airbus will be able to bounce back. "But there is a danger it'll get sucked into a vicious circle of job cuts, sinking morale and political infighting," he says. As for Airbus as a model for industrial cooperation, James Foreman-Peck, a professor at Cardiff Business School who specializes in European industrial policy, says it remains valid. But, he adds, "these days, Airbus just confirms Anglo-Saxon prejudices...
...would be spurred by fear that the Sudan government may betray Janjaweed commanders to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, where they would face war crimes charges. And the rebels seem remarkably ready to welcome into their ranks the men who have been the frontline troops of a vicious campaign of murder, rape, pillage and ethnic cleansing...